Seventy-third Texas Legislature
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The 73rd Texas Legislature met from January 12, 1993 to May 31, 1993. All members present during this session were elected in the 1992 general elections.

Senate

Affiliation Members Note
  Democratic Party
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

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  Republican Party
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

13
Total 31

House of Representatives

Affiliation Members Note
  Democratic Party
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

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  Republican Party
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

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Total 150

Senate

  • Lieutenant Governor
    Lieutenant Governor of Texas
    The Lieutenant Governor of Texas is the second-highest executive office in the government of Texas, a state in the U.S. It is the second most powerful post in Texas government because its occupant controls the work of the Texas Senate and controls the budgeting process as a leader of the...

    :
    Bob Bullock
    Bob Bullock
    Robert Douglas Bullock, known as Bob Bullock , was a Democratic politician from Texas, whose career spanned four decades. His service culminated in his term as Lieutenant Governor of Texas from January 15, 1991–January 19, 1999 during the terms of Governors Ann Richards and George W...

    , Democrat
  • President Pro Tempore: John T. Montford, Democrat

House

  • Speaker of the House
    Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives
    The Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the Texas House of Representatives. The Speaker's main duties are to conduct meetings of the House, appoint committees, and enforce the Rules of the House...

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    Pete Laney
    Pete Laney
    James E. "Pete" Laney is a U.S. Democratic Party politician from West Texas. He was a member of the Texas House of Representatives for 34 years from Hale Center . Laney served as Speaker for ten years from 1993 to 2003, a record matching that set by his predecessor, fellow Democrat Gibson D...

    , Democrat

Senate

Dist. 1
  • Bill Ratliff
    Bill Ratliff
    William Roark Ratliff, known as Bill Ratliff , is a Texas politician who served as a member of the Texas State Senate from 1988 to 2004. Between 2000 and 2003 he served as Lieutenant Governor of Texas, after former lieutenant governor Rick Perry succeeded to the governorship to replace George W...

     (R), Mount Pleasant


Dist. 2
  • Florence Shapiro
    Florence Shapiro
    Florence Donald Shapiro is an American politician from Texas. Shapiro is a Republican member of the Texas Senate, from 1993 to 1995 representing the 2nd Senatorial District and since 1995 representing the 8th Senatorial District which includes several cities, towns, and other outlying areas of the...

     (R), Plano


Dist. 3
  • Bill Haley (D), Center


Dist. 4
  • Carl A. Parker (D), Port Arthur


Dist. 5
  • Jim Turner
    Jim Turner (politician)
    James "Jim" Turner , American politician, was the Democratic representative for the Texas 2nd congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1997 until 2005.-Early life, education, and early career:...

     (D), Crockett


Dist. 6
  • Dan Shelley (R), Crosby


Dist. 7
  • Don Henderson (R), Houston


Dist. 8
  • O.H. "Ike" Harris
    O.H. "Ike" Harris
    O. H. "Ike" Harris is an attorney and lobbyist in Austin, Texas, who served from 1963 to 1965 and 1967 to 1995 as a Republican member from Dallas County in both houses of the Texas State Legislature. He was elected to his single term as a state representative in 1962. His Senate tenure in District...

     (R), Dallas


Dist. 9
  • David Sibley
    David Sibley (politician)
    David McAdams Sibley, Sr. , is a lobbyist and attorney in Austin and Waco, Texas, who served from 1991 to 2002 as a Republican member of the Texas State Senate...

     (R), Waco


Dist. 10
  • Chris Harris (R), Arlington

Dist. 11
  • Jerry E. Patterson (R), Houston


Dist. 12
  • Mike Moncrief (D), Fort Worth


Dist. 13
  • Craig Washington (D), Houston


Dist. 14
  • Gonzalo Barrientos
    Gonzalo Barrientos
    Gonzalo Barrientos, Jr. is a former Democratic member of the Texas Senate representing the 14th District from 1985 to 2007. He was also a member of the Texas House of Representatives from Austin from 1975 to 1985.-2002:-2000:...

     (D), Austin


Dist. 15
  • John Whitmire
    John Whitmire
    John Harris Whitmire is the longest-serving of current members of the Texas State Senate representing District 15, which includes much of northern Houston, since 1983. Previously he was a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1973 through 1982...

     (D), Houston


Dist. 16
  • John N. Leedom
    John N. Leedom
    John N. Leedom, Sr. , is an engineer and lobbyist from Dallas, Texas, who served from 1981 to 1996 as a Republican member of the Texas State Senate from District 16...

     (R), Dallas


Dist. 17
  • J. E. "Buster" Brown
    J. E. "Buster" Brown
    James Edward Brown, known as J. E. "Buster" Brown , is an attorney and lobbyist in Austin, Texas, who served from 1981 to 2002 as a Republican member of the Texas State Senate from District 17, based in Brazoria, Fort Bend, and part of Harris counties, south and west of Houston...

     (R), Lake Jackson


Dist. 18
  • Ken Armbrister
    Ken Armbrister
    Kenneth L. Armbrister was a Democratic member of the Texas Senate representing the 18th District from 1987 to 2007.Armbrister was a Victoria, Texas police captain, and the vice president of the Victoria School Board when first elected as a Democrat to the Texas House of Representatives in 1983...

     (D), Victoria


Dist. 19
  • Gregory Luna (D), San Antonio


Dist. 20
  • Carlos F. Truan (D), Corpus Christi

Dist. 21
  • Judith Zaffirini
    Judith Zaffirini
    Judith Zaffirini is a Democratic member of the Texas State Senate representing the 21st District, which includes her home city of Laredo. On January 9, 2007, Zaffirini became the second in seniority in the 31-member Texas Senate, where she has served since 1987...

     (D), Laredo


Dist. 22
  • Jane Nelson (R), Lewisville


Dist. 23
  • Royce West
    Royce West
    Royce Barry West is a Democratic African American member of the Texas Senate representing the Dallas-based 23rd District.-2004:-2002:-References:Royce Barry West...

     (D), Duncanville


Dist. 24
  • Frank Madla (D), San Antonio


Dist. 25
  • Bill Sims (D), San Angelo


Dist. 26
  • Jeff Wentworth
    Jeff Wentworth
    Earl Jeffrey "Jeff" Wentworth is a Republican member of the Texas Senate since 1993. He succeeded Republican Cyndi Taylor Krier , who instead became the Bexar County judge...

     (R), San Antonio


Dist. 27
  • Eddie Lucio (D), Brownsville


Dist. 28
  • John T. Montford (D), Lubbock


Dist. 29
  • Peggy Rosson (D), El Paso


Dist. 30
  • Steve Carriker (D), Roby


Dist. 31
  • Teel Bivins
    Teel Bivins
    Miles Teel Bivins served as United States ambassador to Sweden between 2004 and 2006. He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on May 21, 2004, and sworn in at Washington D.C., on May 26. He presented his credentials to King Carl XVI Gustaf in Stockholm on June 9...

     (R), Amarillo


Sources

http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ref/abouttx/holidays.html

http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/scanned/sessionOverviews/summary/soe70.pdf
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